Table Of Contents: October 2010

DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY: OPERA NEWS AT SEVENTY-FIVE

Vol. 75, No. 4

• The High Points of OPERA NEWS's Seventy-Five Year History
• Life Lessons: A Dozen Things Learned About the World of Opera
• A Quiet Place Arrives at New York City Opera
• The Still Potent Artistry of Marilyn Maye
• The Crowd Snores: Has Opera's Audience Lost Its Way?
• Busseto via Belgrade: Verdi Baritone Željko Lučić
• Empire Builder: Baroque Master William Christie
• Sound Bites: Jennifer Zetlan

Features

Joan Sutherland

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Sydney, Australia, November 7, 1926–Les Avants, Switzerland, October 11, 2010

Family Portrait

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A Quiet Place, Leonard Bernstein's fractured domestic drama, had a hostile reception when it opened in 1983. As a new production of the work arrives at New York City Opera, WILLIAM R. BRAUN examines the score's considerable power.

Maye in October

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SCOTT BARNES applauds the still-potent artistry of veteran pop singer and American classic Marilyn Maye.

The Verdian

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Željko Lucic has steadily built an international reputation as a Verdi baritone. SCOTT ROSE profiles the Serbian-born artist, who this season returns to the Met as Count di Luna and Rigoletto.

The Crowd Snores

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BRIAN KELLOW believes that opera audiences seem bored and disengaged. What's happened to make them that way?

Net Effects

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The internet has changed the way people talk about — and read about — opera. DANIEL STEPHEN JOHNSON reports.

Life Lessons

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F. PAUL DRISCOLL reveals a dozen things he's learned from OPERA NEWS about the world of opera.

The Constant Gardener

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For years, William Christie's work with his superlative ensemble Les Arts Florissants has changed the face of Baroque and early music presentation. ADAM WASSERMAN talks to the conductor, who makes his long-awaited Met debut next month leading Così Fan Tutte.

Departments

Recordings

In Review

Books

The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia; an unusual diva novel by Adrienne McDonnell.

Macbeth's New Lady

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ADAM WASSERMAN chats with Chicago Shakespeare Theater founder and artistic director Barbara Gaines, who makes her opera debut this month staging Lyric Opera of Chicago's new Macbeth.

Renaissance Man

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ADAM WASSERMAN chats with Keith Cerny, the enterprising new general director of Dallas Opera, who appears poised to shepherd the company into a new era with his unique combination of fiscal acumen and Texas-sized plans.

Bang on a Gamelan

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TRISTAN KRAFT interviews composer and Bang on a Can All-Star Evan Ziporyn, whose opera A House in Bali premieres this month at BAM and Boston's Cutler Majestic Theatre.

Viewpoint: Pioneer Spirit

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by F. PAUL DRISCOLL

On the Beat

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Boris without a net: how to stage a masterpiece of Russian opera in five quick weeks; McMahon sings Mabel in Arizona; VocalEssence offers Sousa's El Capitan in Minneapolis; Kelli O'Hara arrives at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
by BRIAN KELLOW